- John Joseph (academic)
John Joseph (born ) is an American educator and historian who taught courses on the history of the
Middle East and its relationship with the West atFranklin & Marshall College (F&M) inLancaster, Pennsylvania from 1961 to 1988.The son of religious refugees from the turmoil created by
World War I in pre-Iran Persia , John Joseph attended the American School for Boys inBaghdad . Pennsylvania missionary Calvin Staudt who, with his wife Ida, founded the school, occasionally sent students to his alma mater, F&M. Joseph arrived in 1946, received his degree from F&M in 1950, and subsequently earned aPh.D fromPrinceton University . In his long teaching career at F&M, he inspired many students, including business executive Andrew Schindler, class of '72, who contributed the leading sum for the construction of the Joseph International Center at F&M, dedicated to the study of the world's languages, culture, history and politics. Following his retirement from full-time teaching, John Joseph has held the title of Lewis Audenreid Professor Emeritus of History.References
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title = The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East - Encounters with Western Christian Missions, Archeologists & Colonial Powers
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* [http://magazine.fandm.edu/autumn06/au06_story1.htm Barton, Sara (Autumn 2006). "International Studies on the Rise". "Franklin & Marshall" magazine (details activities at the College's Joseph International Center, named for John Joseph, and includes a biographical sketch and photograph of John Joseph)]
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